"I’ve known about him as a possibility for maybe two weeks. He hasn’t had much time to prepare. Less than me maybe," said Barnett in Japan. "He’s a real tough guy. Fighting to him isn’t a real big deal. I’m glad he was willing to step up and take the fight."

"The ones that will fight me," he said of which opponents he’d like Dream to match him up with.

"There’s always good opponents here and even if they’re not technically active in Dream they can always make lots of match-ups possible."

"Of course I can use more belts," he said when asked about the situation, but added, "It’s usually not so much about the belt. It’s who you defeat and who you defend it against.

"I know I’m gonna bring the best that I can to the ring and I’ll fight like a champion."